All Things Mk5 > Performance Modifications
THS Intercooler for the TFSI
Jaywoo-GTI:
But wont it introduce more lag to the system? Surely where the intercooler is positioned will mean colder intake temps, Certainly has made the car perform better.
nick-barnes07:
--- Quote from: Jaywoo-GTI on June 11, 2009, 09:22:02 am ---But wont it introduce more lag to the system? Surely where the intercooler is positioned will mean colder intake temps, Certainly has made the car perform better.
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it didnt make my car any more laggy'er, felt like it pulled a bit harder when i put the twin cooler pipes on it, when i first installed it i didnt notice anything!!!! you gotta remember the intercooler is sat in front of the radiator so it will be drawing hot air in!! hence why i went for the twin cooler pipes as its now running standard intercooler and cheapy intercooler
Jaywoo-GTI:
Did you buy you twin cooler pipes from forge? How much did you pay?
GTIjames:
Im not too sure if any of you have read the reports of those cheap ebay intercoolers over on golfmkv.com but it does not look good - issues with installing and quality of product -
its a copy of the forge but they use a different core which looks as cheap as chips, and I doubt will give you very much gain what so ever.
you get what you pay for, and imo its worth paying a few hundred pounds more to get a quality product which has been tested to have proven performance gains.
each to their own but I would not touch it wih a barge pole let alone put it on a £20k plus motor
Jaywoo-GTI:
Mine fit fine, Yeah for £80 i was dubious but copaired it to my brothers greddy fmic and the cores and welding looked the same. As for gain i have seen a definate improvment of boost through the rev range.
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